It's amazing how this thread has gone WAY off the deep end
....back to the QUESTION... the clonk ... clunk... cloink clump...
whatever... could the wire wheel splines be source of the
sound as it really only seems to do it after changing from
accelerating or cruising, over to hard braking.
or reversing and forwarding again.
...OR should I continue to look at opening up the pumpkin
and replacing the pinion thrust washers and carrier thrust washers/spacers?
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com (new
format)
OBie - '73 BGT - daily driver
Punkin' - '78 Spitfire - corner ripping screamer
Lil' Greenee - '73 RWA Midget - lady killer
-----Original Message-----
From Mike Maclean <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: RMerid7682@aol.com <RMerid7682@aol.com>
Cc: JustBrits@aol.com <JustBrits@aol.com>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2000 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: Rear end clonk
>The #4 size Posidrive bit does not fit the door screws. The #4 will fit
the
>Posidrive replacement screws that Victoria British typically supplys for
the
>windshield pillars(the large ones and the 6 small ones) of the early cars.
VB
>actually replaces most of the machine screws we use with Posidrive screws.
All of
>the door hinge screws, windshield pillar screws and other screws for
similar
>purposes are supplied by VB as Posidrive. I had actually used the VB
replacements
>for my Bugeye until I had some original screws re-zinc plated. By the way
the
>original screws were supplied by someone on this list. The list comes
through
>again! By the way the original screws for the pillars take a #4 Phillips
head
>screwdriver that I bought at Sears.
>Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
>
>RMerid7682@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/20/00 6:11:11 PM Central Daylight Time, JustBrits
writes:
>>
>> << And $5 says that the #4 which is what the door hinge screws are is the
one
>> (oops) left out!! >>
>>
>> No wagers Ed. Had to get up the energy to go look. #4 is the one that
isn't
>> included. But for most of the jobs we do, they work.
>>
>> Roger
>
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